Is there anything more cringe than watching a reality TV star absolutely demolish themselves trying to prove they’re still young and spry? Well, buckle up, because The Ultimatum’s Killian Grondin just gave us the tea on his absolutely catastrophic off-set disaster, and honey, it’s MESSY.
In an exclusive sit-down with Us Weekly, the Netflix heartthrob spilled all the embarrassing details about how he managed to break BOTH of his legs—simultaneously, no less—in one absolutely bonkers backflip attempt. “I thought I was still 20,” Killian confessed, clearly still processing his midlife crisis moment. “I was doing a back flip and I broke both of them at the same time.” Oof. The audacity. The delusion. The shattered fibulas.
While Killian didn’t go into excruciating detail about the exact mechanics of his dual-leg disaster (thank God, because we were NOT ready for that visual), sources close to the situation confirm this went down right after he wrapped Season 4 of The Ultimatum, because apparently reality TV contracts don’t include common sense clauses.
And get this—Killian was still involved in a relationship at the time of the accident, which means his significant other had to watch this man voluntarily turn himself into a human pretzel. The romance! The support! The horror!
Fans on social media have been absolutely LIVING for this chaos, with some calling it “karma for the way he treated his partner on the show” and others just simply asking, “Why would you do a backflip in 2024?” Valid questions, all of them.
The fact that Killian thought he could defy the laws of physics and aging simultaneously is sending us. This is what happens when Netflix success goes to someone’s head, bestie. You start thinking you’re invincible, you start doing unnecessary acrobatics, and suddenly you’re hobbling around in double casts looking like a human pretzel.
We’re genuinely glad he recovered (presumably), but this is definitely a cautionary tale for every reality star out there: leave the backflips to the professionals, and maybe—just maybe—act your actual age instead of your ego’s age.
What do you think? A) Killian deserved this karmic backflip mishap B) This is just an unfortunate accident and we should have sympathy for him